I passed three or four hours very agreeably in his company at the club.
I have also seen Kenny for an hour or two.

I do not know that I ever mentioned Kenny to you.

When London is overflowing, I meet such numbers of people that I cannot remember half their names.

This is the time at which every acquaintance, however slight, attracts some degree of attention.

In the desert island, even poor Poll was something of a companion to Robinson Crusoe.